Take the title at face value; this is not your usual Fantasy. Most novels of this genre move back and forth among the various levels of the hierarchy, from poor individuals to the middle class, up through the nobility and sometimes to the level of the gods. This one starts the main character off at […]
“Brainstorm” by Nissa Harlow
This story starts out to be a standard YA Paranormal novel. It soon develops into more than that, mainly because of its quirky sense of humour, in places involving the main character’s extreme embarrassment at having two other characters — who happen to be boys her age — discussing events which happened in the bathroom […]
“Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us?” by Kenneth Wenger
This is a difficult book to review because while it is professionally written on an interesting topic, it must also be judged by whether it achieved its objectives, where it was not so successful. This is a scientific book, and as such a certain amount of the success will be in targeting a readership at […]
“Social Vampire” by James Schannep
This novel is a comprehensive list of all the things you shouldn’t do as a teenager. The main character, Gordon, is placed in about the worst situation a youngster can endure: loss of a parent, new town, new school and various other problems. Unfortunately, his solution is to create a whole fictitious scenario that seems […]